MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
Change to
Jordan Romano
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ben Brown.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ben Brown wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Jordan Romano wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ben Brown
96.3
Jordan Romano
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Jordan Romano
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Jordan Romano
29.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Jordan Romano
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Jordan Romano
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Jordan Romano
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Jordan Romano
.318
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Ben Brown
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.21
Jordan Romano
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9002.43
now 0.93
1.22
Jordan Romano
.9002.43
now 2.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4068.60
now 53
32
Jordan Romano
4068.60
now 14
21
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.0002.80
now 2
12
Jordan Romano
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.00011.20
now 1
01
Jordan Romano
.00011.20
now 4
48
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBen Brown — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Buy LowJordan Romano — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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